Not Once, But Twice Unemployed In the past four years, Michael Young has experienced not only one, but two rounds of unemployment. Five months into his first job out of college Michael found himself unemployed and then again after a two-year consulting gig. In total, he was without a job for nearly a year and […]
Find Work Like An Expert
“Become expert at something,” is often posited by career counselors as one way to find work. An early adopter of LinkedIn, Jeff Zelaya has done just that, riding the network’s wave ever since. Three years ago Jeff graduated from college with four great job offers, three of which were with Fortune 500 companies (Pepsi, ADP […]
Lean Forward to Find Work
Lean forward. Put your hand out. Let the person know you are interested in their company. When TD Bank came to run an event at Westfield State University in Massachusetts and senior Chelsea Decoteau was working in the lobby for the Director of Student Activities, she did just that. She introduced herself and said, “I […]
How I Became a LinkedIn Whore
Just one click and suddenly I had invited 648 people—many of them strangers– to join my LinkedIn network. As my computer screen madly scrolled with acceptances, I sat there embarrassed by my new, elite networking status—I now belong to the 500+ connections club. Just as I had been duped by Facebook years ago, allowing them […]